Grayson Brulte

Grayson Brulte is an innovation strategist at Swiftmile. Grayson was previously the head of partnerships at Open Garden Inc., and before that, the co-chair of the Mayor's Autonomous Vehicle Task Force in the City of Beverly Hills.

Open Garden is the leader of peer-to-peer mesh networking, a disruptive technology designed to connect the next 5 billion mobile devices to the Internet. Leveraging the density of mobile devices, this 100% software-based network expands the Internet.

Open Garden is the creator of FireChat, the first "off-the-grid" messaging app. FireChat is a proprietary mobile app, developed by Open Garden, which uses wireless mesh networking to enable smartphones to connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or Apple's Multi-Peer Connectivity Framework without an Internet connection by connecting peer-to-peer.

FireChat allows individuals to chat with other individuals on mobile devices, even if there is no active Internet connection or cellular phone coverage.

Brulte led the talks that created Firechat Newsroom, a new Storyful messaging app partnership for journalists and news communities.

Grayson Brulte is a certified technology and innovation expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Grayson has worked with organizations of all sizes to help them identify and implement new ideas.

Grayson Brulte reports to Colin Roche, CEO & Co-Founder. They work with Magnus Johansson - Managing Director, EMEA, Keith Moravick - CTO & Co-Founder, and John McGraw - VP.